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Table 3 Surgical treatment according to the results of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

From: Is the use of preoperative breast MRI predictive of mastectomy?

MRI results

n

Lumpectomy

Ipsilateral mastectomy

Bilateral mastectomy

No MRI

817

62%

26%

12%

MRI

    

  Normal

259

66%

17%c

16%

  Abnormal

    

  Ipsilateral

182

51%c

34%c

15%

  Contralateral

73

53%

21%

26%c

  Both

114

46%c

23%

31%c

MRI biopsya

    

  None

132

39%c

35%c

26%c

  Benign

184

66%

21%

13%

  Malignant

    

  Ipsilateralb

52

35%c

38%c

27%c

  Contralateral

15

33%c

0c

67%c

  Both

6

0c

0

100%c

  1. aFor those with abnormal MRI.
  2. bIn addition to index lesion.
  3. cP<0.05 compared with the rate for the same surgery with no MRI.
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

ISSN: 1477-7819

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